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Près de la moitié des Canadiens sont favorables à la gratuité de l’enseignement postsecondaire, révèle le plus récent sondage d’opinion Decima Research commandé par l’ACPPU. Dans l’ensemble, l’appui public pour l’élimination des frais de scolarité aux niveaux collégial et universitaire […]

Conference gathers young scholars of the Middle East & Islam adjusting to post-9/11 changes. Scholars in Islamic and Middle East studies met at the University of Toronto in November to discuss post-9/11 prospects and challenges for Canadian research in Middle […]

Ce mois-ci, Hong Kong accueillera la Conférence internationale des ministres du commerce qui chercheront à relancer les négociations, mises en veilleuse pour l’instant, en vue d’étendre la portée des accords régissant le commerce international des biens et des services. Ceux […]

University is done for its own sake, not for the sake of something else. It has no product. One point of university is to stand against the idea that everything is done for money. This makes university different from much […]

An independent review of the Canada Research Chairs Program that funds 2,000 positions at Canadian universities has found serious flaws in its design and implementation. The program review conducted by CAUT highlights three major problems: equity, management of the awards […]

With a federal election now set for Jan. 23, CAUT is hoping to turn post-secondary education into a campaign issue again. “The election is an opportunity to focus on the challenges facing universities and colleges in Canada, and to suggest […]

Paul Jones’ commentary (“Freedom to Publish Must be Protected,” Bulletin, Nov. 2005) seems to miss a major point in the argument when non-paper medium is used as the vehicle for publication. It is fairly clear that publication of work produced […]

The provision of technical production services does not give rise to intellectual property rights in traditional print publishing or in the multimedia environment. Unfortunately, university and college administrators are using the fact that many multimedia projects receive such assistance as […]

This month trade ministers from around the world will meet in Hong Kong in an effort to revive stalled negotiations aimed at expanding the agreements governing international trade in goods and services. Those of us who work in universities and […]

When should scientists be advocates? It’s a simple question that often raises a storm of controversy. Some argue that scientists should not be advocates, period. According to this view, science is value-neutral — simply a quest for knowledge. Scientists should […]

With the government set to fall, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale used this year’s federal fiscal update to stake out the key elements of the Liberal Party’s coming election campaign platform. The cornerstone of that platform is nearly $30 billion in […]

Nearly one-half of Canadians think post-secondary education should be free, according to the latest public opinion poll commissioned by CAUT. Overall, public support for the elimination of university and college tuition fees ranged from 41 per cent in Alberta to […]